‘Finding Her Edge’ - Netflix’s YA Ice-Skating Drama

[Sylvia]

Jan. 6, 2025 in the Skating Books thread in GSD:

Well, it looks like classic novel retellings + skating dramas are definitely becoming a thing. This one's based on Jane Austen's Persuasion.

Netflix, Canada’s Family Channel are Finding Her Edge in teen figure skating drama adaptation

Family Channel in Canada has commissioned a live-action teen drama adapted from Jennifer Iacopelli’s novel Finding Her Edge, with Netflix taking the rights to the rest of the world.

www.c21media.net

In a TV Alerts thread:

There’s also going to be a fictional series about an ice dancer called Finding Her Edge.
[Trailer:] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppZ3qgtFOME

Today (January 22, 2026) - Finding Her Edge’ Everything You Need to Know About Netflix’s New YA Ice-Skating Drama:

'Finding Her Edge' Everything You Need to Know About Netflix's New YA Ice-Skating Drama

Netflix has just released its new teen ice-skating series, based on Jennifer Iacopelli's book. Headlined by Madelyn Keys and Cale Ambrozic, the series

www.whats-on-netflix.com

Comments from those who've watched/plan to watch?

ETA:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2014387854600818773

ETA 2 - Mariposa School of Skating (Barrie, Ontario) posted this earlier today:

Mariposa School of Skating on Instagram: "We’re excited to share that Mariposa skaters were featured in the brand-new Netflix series Finding Her Edge. Several of our athletes had the incredible opportunity to work behind the scenes as body doubles,

152 likes, 1 comments - skatemariposa on January 22, 2026: "We’re excited to share that Mariposa skaters were featured in the brand-new Netflix series Finding Her Edge. Several of our athletes had the incredible opportunity to work behind the scenes as body doubles, and you’ll also spot...

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[Miezekatze]

I saw the first episode, well it’s a Young Adult romance, so

I didn’t find it that bad, it’s rather entertaining fluff and the skating stuff is not THAT unrealistic. I think it’s pretty entertaining to watch leading up to the Olympics, but like similar shows Netflix has done before I also can’t imagine it does well enough to get a 2nd season.

What is typical for that kind of show is that the skating is always on some adult competition level, so you see people doing mediocre spins with slow medicre basics and double jumps, but of course with that content they are Olympic champions…I wonder if it’s impossible to hire some skating body doubles that at least can do triples (like recent ex-competitive skaters?) or whether they can do that but the filming makes it impossible to make the skating look a bit more realistic competitive? (yeah and the "fall leading to the dramatic injury scene" in episode 1 was pretty ridiculous)

What I found amusing about episode one is that you see the described level of skating, but then that Johnny Weir-esque single skater character brags to a media person about doing a quad axel

Two things that could be better, I don’t really find the actress of the main character to be particularily charismatic (maybe she’ll grow on me) and the „bad boy“ ice dancer actually seems pretty nice, so I’m not really sure what is supposed to make him the „bad boy“.

 

[cygnus]

A close friend was the steadycam operator for the show. He says it was a great cast and crew to work with, one of his best. And he has worked on a LOT of movies and series. ( Next up is Star Trek Academy). He knows nothing about skating, though, and couldn't name any of the body double skaters.

 

[Sylvia]

Nadiia Bashynska just posted this (includes 14 photos from the set):

Nadiia Bashynska on Instagram: "Finding Her Edge ⛸️ What an incredible opportunity to have met and worked with such beautiful humans. Everyone from crew and cast absolutely blew my mind with their dedication and passion for this show. Friends that h

256 likes, 14 comments - nadiia_bashynska on January 23, 2026: "Finding Her Edge ⛸️ What an incredible opportunity to have met and worked with such beautiful humans. Everyone from crew and cast absolutely blew my mind with their dedication and passion for this show. Friends that have been made...

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[Badams]

I watched this entire show today because it's cold out and January. I liked it . I will probably watch it again. It's a good winter time sucker.

 

[TanithandBenFan]

It drives me crazy when they refer to programs as “routines.”